Indo-Pacific Security Forum: Resilience, Force Posture and Readiness

Security & Defence PLuS will host the second Indo-Pacific Security Forum on 11 May 2026, in Honolulu, Hawaii, at a moment when the region is entering a decisive phase of sustained strategic competition.

 

To prevail in a high-consequence environment, nations must move beyond traditional readiness toward Decision Superiority: the ability to sense, understand, and act at a tempo that outpaces any competitor. This forum brings together an elite cohort of senior military, policy architects, leading thinkers, and industry innovators that will explore the spaces between strategic theory and operational execution across the spectrum of modern and post-modern deterrence.

The program focuses on the emerging need for continuous, whole-of-nation readiness. By examining the notion of resilience, panelists explore how nations prepare for uncertainty, to include the possibility of future armed conflict. Hosted inside the Indo-Pacific region, this Forum provides a place for leaders to discuss shared interests and navigate the challenges ahead.
 

Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, Chief of the Australian Army, will deliver the opening keynote. The program also features fireside discussions with Governor Josh Green and Major General George B. Rowell IV, USINDOPACOM J5 Director of Strategic Planning and Policy. 

If you are in Hawaii or able to travel, we strongly encourage in-person attendance. Spaces are limited and filling quickly. If you are unable to join in person, the formal program will be livestreamed and you are warmly invited to register for virtual participation.